So I'm talking to Santah, and I tell him to paste something to me. His copy obviously didn't catch, 'cause he ended up pasting this link to me. Ha! I always knew our admin is a politically engaged citizen of the USA and now I have the proof to back it up. Ok I admit that joke didn't really work, but I couldn't be bothered to try harder. It's Friday people, weekend confirmed! Rejoys and whatever.

ps: If you use utorrent, and you should because it's the bomb, go to help -> about and press the "T" key on your keyboard. Awesome awaits, believe me.pss: I admit that the title has nothing to do with the contents of this "news article". Sue me if you must.

-- Unidentified person with rights to post news. It is said that he's amazing in human form. Like... half-human, half-amazing, without the human part. I can't fucking make a joke today, I give up.
Edit (santah): Unlike arashi, let me give you something really fun:
How about some more highlights from the Bulgarian reality tv?
This time it's an omg funny clip from yesterday's Fort Boyard episode.

just to rain on y'r parade... this one isn't bad... but try RocketDock with the stackdocklet... much better, and free...

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6 by
askin69

I must say RocketDock IS FANTASTIC!!! a must have.
cheers :)

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7 by
angrygimp

I like the idea but not the implementation and somehow it feels like this should be free.

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8 by
mxyzptlk

How about a link to this rocket-thingie for us lazy people...?

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9 by
karenbear

Not to worry tc, it's not my parade you're raining on. ;o)

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10 by
theconundrumm

http://rocketdock.com/ and http://rocketdock.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=4&func=fileinfo&id=820
for the stacks docklet... a must have... stardock desktopX docklets also work in rocketdock

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11 by
mxyzptlk

How do I use the other docklet?

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12 by
theconundrumm

http://forum.next-episode.net/viewtopic.php?pid=11771#p11771

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13 by
gloman08

why replace the quicklaunch toolbar??? that works great for me!!!

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14 by
theconundrumm

erm... it's not just 'replacing' the quicklaunch... think of it as augmenting it... and then there is the fact that RocketDock is WAY more customiseableable, prettier and functionable... pfft... just try it...

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15 by
karenbear

I tried it... wasn't that keen.

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16 by
auscrow

Yeah using rocketdock now it's great! havnt found a good max os x rip off yet, anyone got a good one?

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17 by
auscrow

*mac OS X

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18 by
Crysto

GNU/Linux ftw ;P We have such apps for free long time back, along with Compiz/Fusion. On the other hand there are lack on game area and some other apps, but it is getting better each day.
Might sound cocky, but I was more pushing the word out. What I find sad with Windows is the huge potential risk of virus and trojans with such software, and antiviruses doesn't keep pace with it anymore.

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19 by
madboobs

@ Crysto
this is not about "with Windows is the huge potential risk of virus and trojans with such software," its about a cool app :P

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20 by
draiz

wow french words in the introductory comment right there ! I very much enjoy your literary style KB...

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21 by
karenbear

What can I say, I'm a women of many talents. ;o)

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22 by
GangMan

Why use a dock, when you can use an app launcher? Typing is usually faster than clicking for me. http://www.launchy.net/ is my favorite in this case.

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23 by
Zastarovje

In Vista you can quickly start any application you have in the Quick Launch by pressing the windows button + corresponding number button, eg. "win+6" starts Winamp for me. No need for extra applications...

Stolen and posted without permission or credit given; you really shouldn't be encouraging this sort of thing....

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5 by
mxyzptlk

@ kal
I agree... no one in here should stand for that sort of stuff... I mean, copying someone elses' work and share it for free through the internet.. it's just horrible!

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6 by
madboobs

lol @ mxyzptlk

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7 by
santah

yeah, what mxyzptlk said ... :)

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8 by
El+Grande

I agree 100% with mxyzptlk! Shame on you to do such a thing. That's not what I'm here for.
Who does this sort of things...?

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9 by
greyhound

why?!?!?!?! poor bunny :(

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10 by
altryne

pffffff yeah.... don't just go steal other's work so people can see it for free...
what is that? :)
but tv-shows are ok right mxyzptlk ?

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11 by
Completenutter2

mxyzptlk was joking :)
It seems Kal was the one who was taking things a little too seriously...

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12 by
informant

C'mon people... let's all sing together : Ken Lee !!! tulibu dibu =))

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13 by
mxyzptlk

Well.. if I continue to be sarcastic than NO.. If I don't, than of course :)

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14 by
mxyzptlk

Oh, crap.. seems like I missed a few comments.. thought that altryne was the last comment when I wrote the one before this.... sorry... and completenutter is correct if there is still someone who hasn't already got that...:)

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15 by
kal

There's a fine line with what we do here; blatant promotion of stolen work crosses that line and the OP should know better - or do you think this site would stay up long if the episode links linked directly to downloads of the shows concerned?

The settings page got slightly modified - with little design changes and one addition - now there's the possibility to change your email and password (under change user info).
I've also created a little something for you to try: (don't know if it'll ever be included in the site)
"Which show should I pick up next" - suggestion thingie.

I added a little functionality to the Episodes schedule on the shows overview pages.
I found myself using it mainly to click on tv.com's episodes links and read the short summaries in order to check if I've watched an episode.
So - what I did is - the episode name now fetches the short summary and displays it directly in next-episode.net (no need to go to tv.com for that).
If you still need to visit the specific tv.com episode page - the link is still there, just click on the episode release date.
I'm planning of implementing this feature for the stuff to watch as well, but I want to see your feedback first. (recently people seem to be a bit negative whenever I add a feature that I think is useful)
And one more thing - about 2000 (active and registered) users in the last 24h, and only about 170 of them used the "recommend" feature ... Please people, use it, it won't take a lot of your time, but it'll tremendously improve the site's usefulness ...
P.S. Long time no funny movies so - there: Who is f*ing Ben Affleck?
Awesome stuff ... :DUpdate: Short summary feature now added to Stuff to watch (flat view only).
Also - added the functionality to hide the summary when clicking again on the episode name. (a ctrl+f5 refresh might be needed for the changes to apply)

The "Episodes schedule" short summaries are very nice, "Stuff to watch" is very good too.

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4 by
nick

The summary feature doesn't work for me in firefox but it does in IE.

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5 by
santah

Which version of firefox are you using? Does anyone else have problems with it under firefox?

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6 by
Completenutter2

I'm using firefox 3 beta 3, and it works fine for me :)

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7 by
santah

yeah, will be done, but a bit differently
(a "brief summary" link will be added after Episode number:, and it will load the text on click)
this will be done along with implementing the feature in stuff to watch at some point tomorrow... (or the day after)

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8 by
nick

im using 2.0.0.12, maybe its some extension I have installed thats causing it..

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9 by
pseudophreak

keep the new features coming, they are awesome, hope to see the upgrade to the stuff to watch too.

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10 by
kalembo

You Rock!!

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11 by
jshaw82

I like it, however once i have checked if I have seen that ep it would be nice to click it again so the summary goes away!

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12 by
ragg

using firefox 2.0.0.12 no problems here

the recomend bit is fun got one thinking what you would actuly can compare your fav series with ;)

SOLUTION FOR FIREFOX PROBLEM : had the same problem with firefox 2.0.0.12, you just hafe to got to tools->Clear Private Dataand select cache to delete the cache file, then the JS file will be reloaded and then you can use the new function...

nice function, tv.com takes ages to load :)

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15 by
theconundrumm

video was quite amusing... it goes without saying that i instantly printed up a handful of 'HONK IF YOU'RE FUCKING BEN AFFLECK' stickers and slapped them on a few random bumpers :D

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16 by
nick

ah yes, thanks larzan, clearing the cache worked.

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17 by
svada007

Love the new features you are putting in. Keep up the good work!

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18 by
Completenutter2

Instead of clearing your cache, you could have just done a forced-refresh: Ctrl + F5

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19 by
dsharp

love the features, thanks - perhaps the summary could be added to an alt tag or display more link in the stuff to watch screen as well? that'd be cool

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20 by
Halo2

With the new stuff to watch function...
Things don't disappear after clicking on the minus. I have to refresh the page, and then they do. As a result, I have to do that everytime for one show at a time :(

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21 by
santah

fixed, let me know if it's ok now :)

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22 by
Halo2

Cheers santah. Fixed now :D

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23 by
JFM

thx for all the new features! I really like this site, it's one of my few sites I visit almost every day.

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24 by
Robcore

I'm not sure if this has been suggested...but is it possible to view the 'You May Also Like' reccommendations as they would appear if the shows that were already on our watchlists weren't there?
So say, if the 3 reccommended shows were:
~~~~~~~
Lost(10 votes), Heroes(7 votes), Shark(3 votes)
~~~~~~~
and of those, I already watched Heroes(7 votes), could the list could appear like:
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Lost (10 votes), Shark(3 votes), House(2 votes)
~~~~~~~
???
That would be sweet since it'd reccommend things that I'm not already into.

In any case, I love the new feature upgrades.

-Rob

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25 by
salocin

I'd like to be able to set which season I'm tracking in stuff to watch. Cause I have a lot of unwatched CSI episodes from the previous seasons, but I usually watch the current episode pretty soon after it aired. So it would be great if I didn't have to click on "3 seasons hidden" to mark the last episode as watched.

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kylem785

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27 by
zkrotum

Thanks! This is awsome... Now I don't have to load up all the tv.com bloat just to see if I already watched an ep or not. Woooo!

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28 by
Completenutter2

@kylem
on the stuff to watch page, there's a link in the top left, something about managing episodes, click that, and from in there, you can untick 'watched' episodes (or tick unwatched ones if you want)

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29 by
kylem785

aha, thanks!

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30 by
santah

once you've picked the shows to recommend, there is no additional step :) as you can see - the singing bee is already visible in "Don't Forget the Lyrics" page (as it was the moment you clicked on "singing bee" to recommend it) :D

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31 by
alsancax

it is very useful. thanks

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32 by
gaah

I love the new flat view. All changes are so wonderful, but as I have so many shows in my list I can't use it... And the tree view is starting to look quite sad in comparison... So I have an idea. Can't you just add the option to colapse a show in the flat view and automagicly save the state of which shows that are colapsed or not? Then there would be no need to have two seperate views at all... And for me, that would make one of the best sites into one of the greatest! :-D